ACTING STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
the mosquitoes there, they will absolutely eat a fellow up alive.” So far as possible, 
I have reduced these extracts to their proper chronological order. 
“Texas, about May 6, 1867.—A cold snap has killed off all the grasshoppers that 
threatened to overrun Texas.” — N. T. Sera. Tribune May 14, 1867. 
“Padonia, Kansas, May 18, 1867. — Farmers are through sowing their wheat, but, to 
judge from the look of things, the Grasshoppers will harvest it for us. They are 
hatching daily, and cabbage, lettuce and onions are being devoured by them.” — “ J. 
FP in Prairie Farmer May 25, 1867. 
“ Nebraska, May 14,1867. — Wheat, oats, &c., are coming up, and are looking quite 
fresh and green, but the grasshoppers hatched out from the eggs deposited last autumn 
have already commenced feasting on the green grain.” — S. C. Maxima, in Pock Island 
(III.) Union. 
“ Omaha , Nebraska, May 18, 1867. — The eggs of the Grasshoppers are now hatching 
by the million. They are deposited over the whole face of the country, from the 
lower part of Cass county, clear through to the southern part of Kansas. We learn 
that they are at work upon the wheat in Kansas already,'and are making their appear¬ 
ance in vast numbers in the southern part of this State, and as far north as Weeping 
Water.” — Omaha Republican. 
“ Kansas, about May'2A, 1867.-The Grasshoppers are already hatching out in vast 
numbers, and are devouring the winter wheat.” — Iowa Homestead May 29, 1867. 
“ Leavenworth, Kansas, about May 25, 1867. - The Grasshoppers are hatching through¬ 
out the country in myriads, and the same accounts come from other portions of the 
State. Within a mile of town considerable damage to spring wheat has been sustained, 
and below us, on the Delaware Reserve lands, their ravages are becoming serious. The 
leaves of the White Willow they seem particularly partial to, as. they have stripped 
. th*e young trees bare. They are not yet able to fly, but it is evident they are good 
eaters.” — Leavenworth Conservative. 
“ Manhattan, Kansas, about May 25,1867.-The Grasshoppers, which have been the 
terror of our farmers for weeks, proving themselves impervious to water, fire and frost, 
are now finding an enemy we make haste to welcome as an ally. We refer to the 
beautiful blackbirds, immense flocks of which are luxuriating upon the hoppers, and 
returning thanks in exultant notes, and from throats almost splitting with joy.” 
Manhattan Independent. 
“ Kansas and Missouri, about JuneS, 1867.-As regards Grasshoppers in Kansas and 
Missouri, of which innumerable eggs were deposited last autumn, and which greatly 
discouraged farmers, we learn that these eggs hatch out, and that in two or three days 
the Grasshoppers disappear.” —N. T. Sem. Tribune, June 11, 1861. 
“ Nebraska, about June 6,1867. — Papers south of the Platte, where the Grasshopper 
plague was threatened, announce that the recent storm has cleaned the pest out when¬ 
ever it prevailed. The Nemaha (Nebraska) Courier states, that great numbers of black¬ 
birds, plovers and other varieties of birds are gulping down the young Grasshoppers 
by wholesale quantities.” — Ibid. 
-St. Joseph, Missouri, June 8,1867.-The [wingless] Grasshoppers, after doing serious 
damage to crops in this vicinity, are leaving —going west and southwest.” — Frame 
Farmer , July 13,1867. 
